X:1
T:Miss Cahoon’s Reel
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Robert Bremner – “For the year 1769 a collection of scots reels, or country dances” (p. 98)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
C|F2G A2B|cfd cAF|T(B>AB) cAF|(E/F/G).G G2A|
FCF AFA|cfd cAF|T(B>AB) GcB|AFF F2:|
|:c|T(f>ef) gec|dfd cAF|(B/c/d).B (A/B/c).A |(E/F/G).G G2c|
faf ege|dfd cAF|TB>AB GcB|AFF F2:|
MISS CAHOON. Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Robert Bremner's 1768 2nd collection (p. 98), as "Miss Cahoon's Reel" (Calqhoun is perhaps what is meant by Calhoon).
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Bremner (Second Collection of Scots Reels and Country Dances), 1768; p. 98. Robert Bremner (For the year 1769 a collection of scots reels, or country dances), p. 98.
Recorded sources : - Parlophone 78 RPM F3428, Jimmy Shand.
